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---
layout: default
title: Description List Extension
description: The Description List extension adds support for Markdown Extra-style <dl> lists
---
# Description List Extension
The `DescriptionListExtension` adds [Markdown Extra-style description lists][link-markdown-extra-dl] to facilitate the creation of `<dl>`, `<dt>`, and `<dd>` HTML using Markdown.
## Installation
This extension is bundled with `league/commonmark`. This library can be installed via Composer:
```bash
composer require league/commonmark
```
See the [installation](/2.2/installation/) section for more details.
## Usage
Configure your `Environment` as usual and simply add the `DescriptionListExtension` provided by this package:
```php
use League\CommonMark\Environment\Environment;
use League\CommonMark\Extension\DescriptionList\DescriptionListExtension;
use League\CommonMark\Extension\CommonMark\CommonMarkCoreExtension;
use League\CommonMark\MarkdownConverter;
// Define your configuration, if needed
$config = [];
// Configure the Environment with all the CommonMark parsers/renderers
$environment = new Environment($config);
$environment->addExtension(new CommonMarkCoreExtension());
// Add this extension
$environment->addExtension(new DescriptionListExtension());
// Instantiate the converter engine and start converting some Markdown!
$converter = new MarkdownConverter($environment);
echo $converter->convert('Some markdown goes here');
```
## Syntax
The syntax is based directly on the rules and logic implemented by the [Markdown Extra library][link-markdown-extra-dl]. Here are some examples of sample Markdown input and HTML output demonstrating the syntax:
```md
Apple
: Pomaceous fruit of plants of the genus Malus in
the family Rosaceae.
: An American computer company.
Orange
: The fruit of an evergreen tree of the genus Citrus.
```
```html
<dl>
<dt>Apple</dt>
<dd>Pomaceous fruit of plants of the genus Malus in
the family Rosaceae.</dd>
<dd>An American computer company.</dd>
<dt>Orange</dt>
<dd>The fruit of an evergreen tree of the genus Citrus.</dd>
</dl>
```
See the [Markdown Extra documentation][link-markdown-extra-dl] or [our own spec][link-commonmark-description-list-spec] for additional examples.
[link-markdown-extra-dl]: https://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/extra/#def-list
[link-commonmark-description-list-spec]: https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark/blob/2.0/tests/functional/Extension/DescriptionList/spec.txt
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